TTD to construct new ghat road to Tirumala

TTD to construct new ghat road to Tirumala

Existing Road Was Damaged In Recent Rains

Sandeep.Raghavan@timesgroup.com

Tirupati: 12.12.2021

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust board on Saturday resolved to construct new ghat roads and a pedestrian route to Tirumala from Kadapa district as the existing ghat roads and pedestrian routes from Tirupati were severely damaged in the recent rains causing hardship to devotees.

TTD trust board chairman YV Subba Reddy told media after the board meeting that the temple body had thoroughly discussed the necessity for an alternative ghat road and a pedestrian route to Tirumala from Rajampet mandal in Kadapa district, popular as the Annamayya marg.

“We have proposed to develop alternative routes to Tirumala along the Seshachalam hills. Our engineering department will soon come up with the estimates for the proposed ghat road and pedestrian route,” he said.

The TTD board also resolved to take up repair and renovation works at all the temples that were damaged in the recent floods in Rajampet mandal.

It decided to establish a state of the art children’s superspecialty hospital in Tirupati. The board identified suitable land for establishing the hospital on a permanent campus. The TTD has so far performed 11 complicated surgeries on children from the economically poor background free of cost.

The annual Vaikunta Ekadasi and Dwadasi festival will be celebrated on a grand note for 10 days from January 13. The temple body will soon seek the permission of the state and central governments to remove curbs on pilgrim footfall due to Covid-19.

He said on the request from the Srisailam Devasthanams, the TTD will take up gold plating works of the Sivaji Gopuram at Srisailam temple.